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Thomas Hardy : the complete poems

"Thomas Hardy's first love was always poetry. It was not until 1898, when he was fifty-eight years old, having already established his reputation with fourteen novels and over forty short stories, that his first book of poetry, Wessex Poems, was published. For the final thirty years of his life he abandoned fiction and devoted himself entirely to poetry. It is a tribute to his remarkable powers of creativity that he is now not only regarded as one of the most important of English novelists but is also recognised as a poet of major stature and ever-increasing popularity. The Complete Poems, edited by James Gibson, includes all of Hardy's prolific output of more than nine hundred poems, complemented by a detailed notes section.

Collected in this single volume are his eight books of verse, all of the uncollected poems, 'Domicilium', and the songs from The Dynasts. This new edition contains an additional poem, The Sound of Her."--Jacket.

Introduction / James Gibson --
Domicilium --
Wessex Poems and Other Verses --
Poems of the Past and the Present. War Poems. Poems of Pilgrimage. Miscellaneous Poems. Imitations, etc. Retrospect --
Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses. Time's Laughingstocks. More Love Lyrics. A Set of Country Songs. Pieces Occasional and Various --
Satires of Circumstance, Lyrics and Reveries. Lyrics and Reveries. Poems of 1912-13. Satires of Circumstance --
Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses. Poems of War and Patriotism. Finale --
Human Shows, Far Phantasies, Songs and Trifles --
Winter Words in Various Moods and Metres --
Previously Uncollected Poems and Fragments.

Abstract:

Already an established novelist, for the final 30 years of his life Thomas Hardy abandoned fiction and devoted himself entirely to his first love, poetry. Collected in this volume are his eight books of verse, all the uncollected poems, "Domicilium", and the songs from "The Dynasts".Read more...

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'When the paperback of Gibson's Complete Poems is in stock, why buy anything else?' - Professor Dennis Taylor, University of Boston 'Don't order a selection at all if you can get the Complete Poems.' - Professor William Morgan, State University of IllinoisRead more...

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